Green Grow the Rushes O

A piece I originally learned from a Christina Smith fiddle album. Minnie White from the west coast of the province also recorded it.

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• rushes
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[ihateFFX]

does any one have chords

[bibs5]

oh this is beautiful

[chariotdrvr14]

Here's another one of Burns' alternate verses

Green grow the rashes, o

green grow the rashes, o

The sweetest bed that e'er I got

Was the bellies o' the lassies, o

[mogashumitt]

You guys are great! And there's a verse for when someone's doing this as chin music:

Green grow the rushes o,

Doughboys and molasses o,

The sweetest kiss I ever got

Was down among the bushes o.

Nothing sexual there, I don't s'pose!

[Codybear37]

This song would be very popular to any Esperantist. "Verdaj la junkoj, ho!"

[JonnDalton]

Good playing.

It's an old Scottish song. Reworked by Robert Burns. The traditional old word for Rush:

(1. an annual or perennial plant growing in wet places and typically having grasslike cylindrical leaves and small green or brown flowers.)is Rash. So it is one and the same thing.

[SkopTeocratico]

GREAT!

[march2fuzz]

this is briliant!! haha i was looking for the r.e.m. version but stumbled across this ! well done

[JodiKake]

oops I meant rushes...

[JodiKake]

I believe it. You can kinda sing the "green grow the rashes oh" lyrics to this but it doesn't quite line up and it's not long enough. Thanks for making me take a closer listen.